Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout

1977 · BGG

Avg rating

6.80

Bayes rating

5.67

Weight

2.82 (Medium)

Players

Playtime

8 hr

Ratings count

366

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Description

Cobra - Game of the Normandy Breakout , is a regimental/divisional scale simulation of the allied break-out from the Normandy peninsula in the summer of 1944, which culminated in the encirclement of some 160,000 German troops in the "Falaise Pocket."

Each game-turn is equivalent to three days of real time, and each hex represents a distance (across) of 3.2 kilometers.

(from the introduction)



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Events Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Ratio / Combat Results Table Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Simulation Variable Set-up Zone of Control

Themes

Theme Weather World War II

Publishers

Nike and Cooper Española, S.A. SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) Six Angles Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)

Designers

Brad Hessel David James Ritchie